July 2012 Babies

Picky eater

So my DD used to eat all sorts of fruits and vegetables, but now she will only eat about 4 foods besides crackers! It feels like everyday gets worse as she decides one of the few foods she will eat, she won't eat anymore. :(. I don't know what to do... Has anyone dealt with this before? How long does it last and what did you do to combat it? Thanks in advance for your help! She's 25 months old!

I approach it more like my dd's food preferences are constantly changing. She will want to eat apples all the time for a few weeks, and then have several weeks of saying no when I offer an apple. It doesn't mean she will always refuse to eat them, she just is on to something new. I don't really alter the foods that I serve for meals and snacks...sometimes she eats a lot and sometimes she hardly eats but I just approach it as she is really hungry some days and not hungry other days. Of course I offer foods she likes in the rotation, but I don't serve only her favorite foods. I think by not making a big deal out of it, the phase passes more quickly and when they are hungry, they eat.

I agree with pp. I really don't make meals catered to my toddler. I make whatever I feel like making and she either eats it or not but I don't give her other options. She just then has to wait until the next snack or mealtime. I read it's our job to offer the healthy foods and their job to eat it. For example, I kept offering cucumber once in a while and it probably took 30 times and now she will eat them. I just don't make a big deal of meal times and what she does or doesn't eat.

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